Back by popular demand, exclusively at Trucks CB Sales. Limited production run of about 200 units. They also plan on doing the 99, 66 and 44 in the near future. They have the 360014 boards in them.
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New Superstar SS88HL (Galaxy DX88HL)
- Thread starter Shadetree Mechanic
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Once again I feel like there's still a shipping container sitting with leftovers from the early days that randomly gets put together.
I wonder if the chassis will show signs of sitting in storage?
And how long have the through hole electrolytic caps been around, the 3600-14 board variant is old.
I have questions.....
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Jeff
I was wondering the same thing. Time will tell.
Kind of like putting lipstick on a pig, but without the lipstick........
Pile of spare parts for warranty service that never got used?
A bored tech looking to make a few extra bucks?
Let's put 'em together and see what happens!
A bored tech looking to make a few extra bucks?
Let's put 'em together and see what happens!
There was a stash radios, can't remember where, Japan maybe?, that showed up for sale and you could see discoloration on the chassis like they had been in storage in a damp place.
Same as a RG-33 but had a superstar name.
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Jeff
Same as a RG-33 but had a superstar name.
Right
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Jeff
Brand new old as dirt radios. I never thought they were that great to start with.
$409.99 BEFORE conversion and tune up.
A little nostalgia and kind of cool but nah.... They were cool in their time but we didn't have what we have today. Especially for that kind of money. They drift like a sailboat and really old school technology.
I'm sure they'll have a following though
I'm sure they'll have a following though
this is the same thing that happened with the Jackson years back right?
some of the boards had mold on them and some green component legs as well.
if these boards were in some shipping container or unconditioned warehouse/storage facility then they are probably very fragile.
these boards were prone to cracking even back when they were "fresh".
if they were being sold for 200 bucks or so, i might grab one just to play with it, but paying 400 dollars for known problems combined with completely unknown problems is a terrible idea.
if anyone does buy one and wants it worked on/aligned, id be happy to do it just to be able to give a full review to the forum.
im gonna go make some popcorn.
LC
some of the boards had mold on them and some green component legs as well.
if these boards were in some shipping container or unconditioned warehouse/storage facility then they are probably very fragile.
these boards were prone to cracking even back when they were "fresh".
if they were being sold for 200 bucks or so, i might grab one just to play with it, but paying 400 dollars for known problems combined with completely unknown problems is a terrible idea.
if anyone does buy one and wants it worked on/aligned, id be happy to do it just to be able to give a full review to the forum.
im gonna go make some popcorn.
LC
The moldy re-named Jackson radios had decades-old date codes on the chips inside. They really had been built in the 90s and stashed somewhere.
The serial number on the outside of the carton is visible, "V250200022". The way I understand their serial-numer protocol, the letter "V" indicates the Vietnam factory. The "25" is the year, 2025. The "02" should be February. Pretty sure the last 5 digits are sequential. Guess they don't contemplate more than 10000 units a month. What i want to know is where did they obtain enough TA7222P audio chips to build them? The post-lead free "15" boards use the LM2003-type audio amp, but the video clearly shows the TA7222P.
Puzzling.
People just like what they already have. Henry Ford was quoted as saying "If I asked people what they wanted they would have said a faster horse".
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The serial number on the outside of the carton is visible, "V250200022". The way I understand their serial-numer protocol, the letter "V" indicates the Vietnam factory. The "25" is the year, 2025. The "02" should be February. Pretty sure the last 5 digits are sequential. Guess they don't contemplate more than 10000 units a month. What i want to know is where did they obtain enough TA7222P audio chips to build them? The post-lead free "15" boards use the LM2003-type audio amp, but the video clearly shows the TA7222P.
Puzzling.
People just like what they already have. Henry Ford was quoted as saying "If I asked people what they wanted they would have said a faster horse".
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I really think they had the boards assembled and tucked away, now they are dragging them out, stuffing them in a new enclosure.
No 2312's so they use a couple 520's in them.
Seriously that's a jaw dropping mark up on a decades old radio, and I agree, who knows what problems are going to emerge when put into service.
More questions......
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Jeff
No 2312's so they use a couple 520's in them.
Seriously that's a jaw dropping mark up on a decades old radio, and I agree, who knows what problems are going to emerge when put into service.
More questions......
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Jeff
if you watch Truck's video, you can see that there is a 2sc2166 driver in that 88.
pretty tell-tale sign that the parts have been on the boards for a long time.
LC
pretty tell-tale sign that the parts have been on the boards for a long time.
LC
Those pre lead-free parts had to come from somewhere. Finding one or two for repairs is one thing. Finding a thousand or two for your factory probably won't happen. Makes it look as if the boards were assembled before 2006, even if the radio was built with it decades later.
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